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BRIGGS, Henry (1561-1631). Arithmetica logarithmica sive logarithmorum chiliades triginta... London: William Jones, 1624.
2o (333 x 216 mm). 18th-century English blind-tooled calf, lettering piece on spine (some slight chipping and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION of Briggs's tables of logarithms which formed the basis of printed mathematical tables for many years. This copy contains the additional signatures at end found in some copies: 6 leaves providing logarithmic numbers over 100,000 and 2 leaves "De usu canonis." STC notes that some copies contain this extra material from the 1628 Latin edition.
Briggs received his M.A. from Cambridge University in 1585, and served as an examiner and lecturer in mathematics there before becoming the first professor of geometry at London's newly founded Gresham College. He spent many years working on problems of navigation and astronomy, but by 1615 had turned his attention entirely to logarithms, which he learned of through the publication of Napier's Mirifici logarithmorum canonis description (1614, see lot 379). While visiting Napier in Scotland during the summers of 1615 and 1616, Briggs discussed with Napier the prospect of changing the latter's original hyperbolic system. Napier's failing health prevented him from undertaking this task, so the job fell to Briggs, who in 1617 published his Logarithmorum chilias prima, containing the first 1000 logarithms of the new canon. This was followed seven years later by his Arithmetica logarithmica, which contained logarithms from 1 to 20,000 and from 90,000 to 100,000; the remaining 70 chiliads, supplied by Adrian Vlacq, were published in the second edition of 1628. STC 3739 (noting that some copies have the additional signature [paragraph]6 from the Latin edition of 1628, as here). Norman 339; Origins of Cyberspace 2; STC 3739; Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 58. See PMM 116 under Napier for a discussion of Briggs's contribution.
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FIRST EDITION of Briggs's tables of logarithms which formed the basis of printed mathematical tables for many years. This copy contains the additional signatures at end found in some copies: 6 leaves providing logarithmic numbers over 100,000 and 2 leaves "De usu canonis." STC notes that some copies contain this extra material from the 1628 Latin edition.
Briggs received his M.A. from Cambridge University in 1585, and served as an examiner and lecturer in mathematics there before becoming the first professor of geometry at London's newly founded Gresham College. He spent many years working on problems of navigation and astronomy, but by 1615 had turned his attention entirely to logarithms, which he learned of through the publication of Napier's Mirifici logarithmorum canonis description (1614, see lot 379). While visiting Napier in Scotland during the summers of 1615 and 1616, Briggs discussed with Napier the prospect of changing the latter's original hyperbolic system. Napier's failing health prevented him from undertaking this task, so the job fell to Briggs, who in 1617 published his Logarithmorum chilias prima, containing the first 1000 logarithms of the new canon. This was followed seven years later by his Arithmetica logarithmica, which contained logarithms from 1 to 20,000 and from 90,000 to 100,000; the remaining 70 chiliads, supplied by Adrian Vlacq, were published in the second edition of 1628. STC 3739 (noting that some copies have the additional signature [paragraph]6 from the Latin edition of 1628, as here). Norman 339; Origins of Cyberspace 2; STC 3739; Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 58. See PMM 116 under Napier for a discussion of Briggs's contribution.